Before Rocket: The Steam Locomotive Up to 1829

Anthony Dawson describes the steam engines built and run before the famous Rocket.

About the author

Anthony Dawson is an archaeologist and historian who has made a special study of the history of the British army in the nineteenth century. He spent two years as a post-graduate research student at the University of Leeds where he gained an MRes. As well as writing articles on the subject in magazines and journals, he has published Napoleonic Artillery, French Infantry of the Crimean War and Letters from the Light Brigade: The British Cavalry in the Crimean War.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Dawson
• Publisher: Mortons Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781911658252
• ISBN: 978-1-911658-25-2
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 183 mm x 244 mm x 5 mm
• Weight: 295 g
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Rail vehicles; Humanities, art, music > History; Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Züge und Eisenbahnen: Sachbuch, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain, Transportation, TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / General